We have this one goat. Her name is Sweetie. Since Sweetie does not have a friend goat she like to hang out with the chickens. The chickens tolerate her… mostly. Here are few videos that show her personality a little bit.
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For a long time I’ve wanted to compost and in small ways I have. This year I have lots of ideas to make it happen on a larger scale. My goal is to have compost for the gardens whenever I want it. Well, that means that it has to get started.
Right now I have my “Every Day Scraps” composter that is working pretty well for taking care of the kitchen scraps. This compost barrel is pretty efficient, but doesn’t produce a lot of compost. Inside is an active colony of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae. They are amazing at reducing the scraps to just a brown goo. Because the BSF are there and it is a closed container I don’t mind throwing in small amounts of meats and fats.
What I really want is big pile of manure type compost for the garden. This bin will be the start of making that happen. I have talked with the horse farmer down the road and we have a deal. I shovel the poo out of the stalls and take it as my payment. I will be looking for a good source of carbon as well to mix with the poo. For now I am picking up bags of leaves in the neighborhoods that are out for pickup. I am also considering talking to the local company that makes trusses and seeing about picking up the sawdust from the large saw. I happen to know that they only use untreated wood.
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This new blog is an extension of my “main blog” daddykirbs.blogspot.com
I felt like it would be better to group all my garden posts in it’s own blog. My orchard will be included because it’s like gardening trees 🙂
All the tabs at the top of this Garden Blog point back to the main Daddykirbs Blog. Once you find your way back to the main Daddykirbs Blog, the Garden tab will bring you back to this Garden Blog.
Ok, I don’t mean to confuse you… you shouldn’t notice any difference really. The only real difference is that the Garden Blog has it’s own Web URL.
Why am I explaining all of this…. I’m such a Nerd.
Anyway, Enjoy Gardening!
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Chicken Watering Solutions!
It is a real chore getting out to water the chickens if you are using conventional gravity fed containers. Worse yet you are filling up bowls for them. They make a real mess and can be very thirsty.
Chickens need water… lots and lots of fresh clean water. I was forever running out to clean and fill containers. I just had to think of something else.
Here are a couple of videos showing how I solved my problems. This first one is for the main flock of layers.
This next one was made for the meat coop.
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2013 is the year that I really make a difference in the garden. I got it all cleaned out and ready for it’s makeover. There are many thoughts running through my mind on just how to make it, but none have struck me as perfect.
I know that I want raised beds with irrigation, but how to configure it…. that is the question?
To keep the birds out I will be adding a netted room. My tomatoes and strawberries last year were pretty severely picked over by the Mocking Birds, Blue Jays and Cardinals.
Here is the garden in its blanks slate form.
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